Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Friday, February 01, 2008

10" x 12 oilWith so many color choices of paint out there, how many are just fools gold?

This is the first painting using my new choice of colors. I've been using the same base color palette for quite a long time. I've added and taken away colors for sure, but I always ended up roughly using the same ones. To understand color better and call attention to the mixing habits I've gotten over the years I decided to simplify.

I didn't want a palette so limited that you could tell . So I went for the biggest bang for the buck or the least amount of colors with maximum amount of range.

I could've just used one primary each but decided on a warm and cool of each primary, plus black and white.

I love to paint. It's a joy and a pleasure. If I get lucky I lose my sense of self and watch it being painted like you would watch a movie. Those are the magic moments for me. Whatever the subject matter or medium the use of composition, color, and texture are the elements that bring a endless depth of experimentation and mystery.